Commons Sitting of 17 March 1997 Series 6 Vol. 292

    c607
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c607
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
        2. cc607-9
      1. Unemployment 1,427 words
        2. cc609-10
      2. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 312 words
        3. cc610-2
      3. Manufacturing Skills 1,036 words
        4. cc612-3
      4. Quangos 519 words
        5. cc613-5
      5. Job Insecurity 856 words
        6. cc615-6
      6. District General Hospitals (Dyfed Powys) 791 words
        7. cc616-8
      7. Relocation (Minimum Wage) 547 words
        8. cc618-9
      8. Inward Investment 668 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
        3. cc619-21
      1. Young Offenders 747 words
        2. cc621-2
      2. Stephen Lawrence 688 words
        3. c622
      3. Information Technology (Serious Fraud Office) 244 words
        4. cc622-4
      4. Fraud 435 words
    cc625-6
  4. Business of the House 718 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc627-48
    1. Building Societies Bill 18 words
      1. Clause 2
          2. cc627-48
        1. MEMBERSHIP AND LIABILITY OF MEMBERS 12,208 words
      2. Clause 10
          3. c649
        1. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS 62 words
      3. Clause 27
          4. cc649-50
        1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: GENERAL 449 words
      4. Clause 41
          5. cc650-9
        1. PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS FOR SPECIALLY FORMED SUCCESSORS 5,108 words
      5. New clause 1
          6. cc659-64
        1. CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER OF A SOCIETY'S BUSINESS 2,807 words
      6. New clause 4
          7. cc664-6
        1. INFORMATION TO BORROWERS 971 words
    cc667-8
  6. Business of the House 912 words
    7. cc669-706
  7. Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Bill [Lords] 7 words
    1. New clause 2
        2. cc669-74
      1. ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING 3,193 words
    2. New clause 4
        3. cc675-83
      1. APPOINTMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF ADVISORS ON MARINE SALVAGE, & C. 4,370 words
    3. Clause 2
        4. cc683-5
      1. POWERS OF INTERVENTION WHERE SHIPPING ACCIDENT THREATENS POLLUTION 1,584 words
    4. Clause 4
        5. cc686-91
      1. POWERS OF FIRE AUTHORITIES 3,053 words
    5. Clause 5
        6. cc691-5
      1. WASTE RECEPTION FACILITIES AT HARBOURS 2,206 words
        2. c696
      2. ARCHITECTS BILL [LORDS] 33 words
        3. c696
      3. LIEUTENANCIES BILL [LORDS] 33 words
        4. c696
      4. NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS BILL [LORDS] 33 words
        5. c696
      5. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL [LORDS] 33 words
        6. c696
      6. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        7. c696
      7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 27 words
        8. c696
      8. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (SCOTLAND) 34 words
        9. c696
      9. SOCIAL SECURITY 26 words
        10. c696
      10. DATA PROTECTION 31 words
        11. cc697-8
      11. Church of England (General Synod) (Measures) 215 words
        12. cc698-706
      12. Canals 4,451 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 March 1997 Series 6 Vol. 292

  1. TREASURY
      2. c357W
    1. Arms to Iran Affair 154 words
      2. c357W
    2. Government Receipts (Scotland) 140 words
      3. cc357-8W
    3. Fiscal Deficit (Scotland) 51 words
      4. c358W
    4. Government Expenditure (Scotland) 64 words
      5. c358W
    5. Gross Domestic Product 384 words
      6. cc358-9W
    6. Personal Pensions 193 words
      7. c359W
    7. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 79 words
      8. cc359-60W
    8. Suicides and Fatal Accidents 265 words
      9. c360W
    9. Married Couples (Tax Allowances) 189 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      3. c360W
    1. Indonesia 94 words
      2. cc360-1W
    2. Decentralisation Support 113 words
      3. c361W
    3. Great Lakes 66 words
      4. c361W
    4. Trade Union Movements (Aid) 121 words
      5. cc361-2W
    5. Rwanda 89 words
  3. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      4. c362W
    1. Millennium Exhibition 127 words
      2. cc362-3W
    2. Non-departmental Public Bodies 388 words
      3. c363W
    3. Open Government 63 words
      4. c363W
    4. Public Record Office 102 words
  4. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      5. cc363-4W
    1. Dance and Drama School Places 137 words
      2. c364W
    2. International Sporting Events 372 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      6. cc364-6W
    1. Court Fees 932 words
      2. cc366-7W
    2. County Courts 152 words
      3. c367W
    3. Private Finance Initiative 59 words
      4. cc367-8W
    4. Legal Aid 227 words
      5. c368W
    5. Bus Employees Superannuation Trust 179 words
      6. c368W
    6. Administration Orders 148 words
  6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      7. c368W
    1. Live Animal Transport 91 words
      2. cc368-9W
    2. Salmon 109 words
      3. cc369-70W
    3. Newcastle Disease 457 words
      4. c370W
    4. Food Safety 118 words
      5. c370W
    5. European Union Surpluses 52 words
      6. cc370-1W
    6. Meat Hygiene Service (Officials) 447 words
      7. cc371-3W
    7. Pesticides 735 words
      8. c373W
    8. Fishermen's Association Ltd. 51 words
      9. c373W
    9. Surplus Food Scheme 109 words
      10. cc373-7W
    10. BSE 1,561 words
      11. c377W
    11. British Beef (Bans) 87 words
      12. cc377-8W
    12. Intervention Storage 804 words
      13. cc378-9W
    13. Private Finance Initiative 363 words
      14. c379W
    14. Correspondence 89 words
      15. c379W
    15. Aroparcin 71 words
      16. cc379-80W
    16. Fisheries Organisations (Meetings) 278 words
      17. cc380-1W
    17. Animal Genome Mapping 142 words
  7. DEFENCE
      8. c381W
    1. Trafalgar Class Submarines 259 words
      2. cc381-2W
    2. Private Finance Initiative 100 words
      3. c382W
    3. Eskmeals, Shoeburyness and Pendine Ranges 127 words
      4. cc382-3W
    4. Works of Art 449 words
      5. cc383-4W
    5. Nursery Vouchers (Overseas Personnel) 368 words
      6. c384W
    6. Housing (Privates) 76 words
      7. c384W
    7. Low Flying 105 words
      8. c384W
    8. Joint Services Defence College 75 words
      9. cc384-5W
    9. Pied à Terre (Quartermaster General) 107 words
      10. c385W
    10. Departmental Housing 364 words
      11. cc385-6W
    11. Infantry 121 words
      12. c386W
    12. Gulf War 97 words
      13. c386W
    13. Ministerial Meetings 86 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. cc386-7W
    1. Mobile Telephone Antennae 401 words
      2. cc387-8W
    2. Radioactive Materials (Transport) 196 words
      3. c388W
    3. Atomic Energy Authority Police 160 words
      4. cc388-9W
    4. Computers (Century Date Change) 223 words
      5. c389W
    5. Minimum Wage 82 words
      6. c389W
    6. Private Finance Initiative 144 words
      7. cc389-90W
    7. Radio Spectrum 224 words
      8. c390W
    8. Telecommunications Council 199 words
      9. cc390-1W
    9. Scientific Advice 170 words
      10. c391W
    10. Child Labour 103 words
      11. c391W
    11. Unigate 57 words
      12. c391W
    12. Business Breakfast Tour 99 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. cc391-2W
    1. EU Information Offices 342 words
      2. c392W
    2. EU-British Constitutional Relationship(Referendum) 103 words
      3. cc392-3W
    3. Prisoner Swaps 96 words
      4. c393W
    4. Venezuela (Detainees) 212 words
      5. c393W
    5. Overseas Press Service 152 words
      6. cc393-4W
    6. St. Helena 170 words
      7. cc394-5W
    7. Former Yugoslavia (War Crimes) 284 words
      8. c395W
    8. Know-how Funds 251 words
      9. c395W
    9. Gibraltar 60 words
      10. cc395-6W
    10. Adriactic Section 53 words
      11. c396W
    11. Private Finance Initiative 102 words
      12. c396W
    12. EU Logo 112 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
      11. cc396-7W
    1. Castle Buildings Talks 165 words
      2. c397W
    2. Northern Ireland Grand Committee 148 words
      3. c397W
    3. Hip Joint Operations 32 words
      4. cc397-8W
    4. Private Finance Initiative 528 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
      12. cc398-9W
    1. Refuge Projects (Funding) 379 words
      2. c399W
    2. Roisin McAliskey 42 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
      13. c399W
    1. Birthing Partner (Definition) 151 words
      2. cc399-402W
    2. Roisin McAliskey 1,284 words
      3. c402W
    3. Prisons (Drugs) 467 words
      4. cc402-3W
    4. Prisoners (Purposeful Activity) 331 words
      5. cc403-6W
    5. Holloway Prison 1,631 words
      6. cc406-7W
    6. Private Finance Initiative 105 words
      7. cc407-8W
    7. Special Secure Units 898 words
      8. cc408-9W
    8. Prisons (Open Visits) 221 words
      9. c409W
    9. Court Welfare Service 177 words
      10. cc409-10W
    10. Prison Medical Examinations (Video-recording) 192 words
      11. c410W
    11. Category A Prisoners 127 words
      12. cc410-1W
    12. Colchester Young Offenders' Institute 229 words
      13. c411W
    13. Scientific Procedures (Dogs) 158 words
      14. c411W
    14. Civil Protection Exercises 76 words
      15. cc411-2W
    15. Immigration Status Inquiry Unit 171 words
      16. c412W
    16. Emergency Planning College Group 414 words
      17. cc412-3W
    17. Prisons (Operational Emergencies) 181 words
      18. c413W
    18. Metropolitan Police Manpower 68 words
      19. c413W
    19. Data Collection (Postcodes) 137 words
      20. cc413-4W
    20. Fire Authorities (PFI Projects) 212 words
      21. cc414-6W
    21. Unrepresented Defendants (Personal Cross-examinations) 289 words
      22. cc416-7W
    22. Radioactive Material 60 words
  13. TRANSPORT
      14. c417W
    1. Bray's Detective Agency 107 words
      2. c417W
    2. M6 Flyover (Walsall) 122 words
      3. c417W
    3. Motor Cycle Safety 133 words
      4. cc417-8W
    4. London Transport (Customer Satisfaction Surveys) 91 words
      5. c418W
    5. Rail Services (Nomura Securities) 86 words
      6. c418W
    6. Bus Working Group 61 words
      7. c418W
    7. PFI Projects 66 words
      8. cc418-9W
    8. Terminal 5 Inquiry 77 words
      9. c419W
    9. Spofforth Bypass 115 words
      10. c419W
    10. Al 133 words
      11. cc419-21W
    11. Rail Privatisation 911 words
      12. c421W
    12. Traffic Congestion 276 words
  14. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      15. cc421-3W
    1. Examination Results 926 words
      2. cc423-4W
    2. Teaching Qualifications 183 words
      3. c424W
    3. Teachers' Superannuation 183 words
      4. c424W
    4. Teachers (Wandsworth) 97 words
      5. cc424-5W
    5. Environmental Auditing 317 words
      6. cc425-6W
    6. Teachers 163 words
      7. c426W
    7. Departmental Expenditure Plans 110 words
      8. c426W
    8. Internet 160 words
      9. cc426-7W
    9. Private Finance Initiative 156 words
      10. cc427-33W
    10. Pupil-Teacher Ratio 4,658 words
      11. c433W
    11. Nursery Vouchers 103 words
      12. cc433-4W
    12. Key Stage 2 97 words
  15. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      16. cc434-5W
    1. Intestacy 101 words
      2. c435W
    2. Lenient Sentences 95 words
      3. c435W
    3. Right-wing Groups 77 words
      4. cc435-6W
    4. Disclosure Procedures 196 words
  16. WALES
      17. c436W
    1. Unemployment Rates 156 words
      2. c436W
    2. Teachers (Supply) 40 words
      3. c436W
    3. Bathing Beaches (Standards) 45 words
      4. c436W
    4. Inward Investment (North Wales) 63 words
      5. cc436-7W
    5. Patient Statistics 81 words
      6. c437W
    6. Manufacturing Output 49 words
      7. c437W
    7. Nursery Vouchers 159 words
      8. c437W
    8. Class Sizes 46 words
      9. c437W
    9. A494 64 words
      10. cc437-8W
    10. Hospital Closures (Dyfed Powys) 56 words
      11. c438W
    11. School Standards 47 words
      12. c438W
    12. Fishing Restrictions (Milford Haven) 106 words
      13. c438W
    13. The Economy 94 words
      14. c438W
    14. GP Services 61 words
      15. cc438-9W
    15. Special Needs Schools 232 words
      16. cc439-40W
    16. School Administration Costs 357 words
      17. c440W
    17. Rented Housing Starts 115 words
      18. c440W
    18. Departmental Web Site 131 words
      19. cc440-1W
    19. National Health Service Resources 64 words
      20. c441W
    20. Planning Guidance (Agricultural Land) 119 words
      21. c441W
    21. Trunk Road Programme (Property Purchases) 145 words
      22. c441W
    22. Annual Departmental Report 33 words
      23. cc441-2W
    23. NHS Trusts (Mergers) 301 words
      24. c442W
    24. Highway Works 60 words
      25. c442W
    25. School Classes 54 words
      26. cc442-3W
    26. Primary Schools (League Tables) 88 words
      27. c443W
    27. Private Finance Initiative 66 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
      18. c443W
    1. Housing and Land 129 words
      2. c443W
    2. Ponds and Lakes 47 words
      3. cc443-4W
    3. Hereditaments (Local Taxation) 484 words
      4. cc444-5W
    4. Drains and Sewers (Maintenance Responsibility) 198 words
      5. c445W
    5. Single Regeneration Budget 35 words
      6. c445W
    6. Tree Preservation Orders 47 words
      7. cc445-7W
    7. Cryptosporidium 850 words
      8. cc447-8W
    8. Water Meters 277 words
      9. c448W
    9. Contaminated Land 99 words
      10. c448W
    10. Property Disposals (Residuary Body) 128 words
      11. cc448-51W
    11. English House Condition Survey 1,284 words
      12. c451W
    12. Private Finance Initiative 249 words
      13. cc451-2W
    13. Salisbury Bypass (Report) 89 words
      14. c452W
    14. Isles of Scilly (Homelessness Legislation) 107 words
      15. cc452-3W
    15. Accidents (Dangerous Substances) 582 words
      16. c453W
    16. Albino Frogs 103 words
      17. cc453-6W
    17. Building Research Establishment 613 words
      18. c456W
    18. Cardiff Bay Barrage 232 words
      19. c456W
    19. Environment Agency (Charging Schemes) 185 words
      20. cc456-7W
    20. Planning Inspectorate 312 words
      21. c457W
    21. Council Leaseholders (Service Charges) 105 words
      22. cc457-9W
    22. Greening Government Initiative 901 words
  18. SCOTLAND
      19. cc459-61W
    1. Private Finance Initiative 617 words
      2. c461W
    2. NHS Staff 74 words
      3. c461W
    3. Market Testing Unit (Costs) 163 words
      4. cc461-2W
    4. Nursery Vouchers 168 words
      5. c462W
    5. Scallop Conservation 76 words
      6. c462W
    6. Food Poisoning 255 words
      7. cc462-3W
    7. Mr. W. J. Duff 121 words
      8. c463W
    8. Drug Services (Funding) 68 words
      9. c463W
    9. Radioactive Materials 127 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. cc463-4W
    1. Disability Living Allowance 119 words
      2. c464W
    2. Community Care 110 words
      3. c464W
    3. Pepper Gas 79 words
      4. c464W
    4. Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation 164 words
      5. cc464-5W
    5. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 354 words
      6. cc465-6W
    6. NHS Trusts 471 words
      7. cc466-8W
    7. Art Therapy 842 words
      8. c468W
    8. Private Finance Initiative 123 words
      9. c468W
    9. Negative Equity Buy-out 62 words
      10. cc468-9W
    10. Residential Care for the Elderly (London) 425 words
      11. c469W
    11. Hepatitis B Vaccinations 59 words
      12. c469W
    12. Liver Cancer 90 words
      13. c469W
    13. Health Spending (East Sussex) 50 words
      14. cc469-70W
    14. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation 216 words
      15. cc470-1W
    15. Drug-related Incidents (Weekends) 349 words
      16. cc471-2W
    16. Oral Contraceptives 438 words
      17. c472W
    17. Blister Packs 39 words
      18. cc472-3W
    18. Medical Personnel (Voluntary Work Overseas) 106 words
      19. c473W
    19. Treatment Costs 44 words
      20. cc473-4W
    20. Health Service Chairmen (West Yorkshire) 311 words
      21. c474W
    21. Ambulance Trusts 139 words
      22. c474W
    22. Speech Therapy 63 words
      23. c474W
    23. Trust Boards (Disabled People) 69 words
      24. c474W
    24. Residential Care Charges 91 words
      25. cc474-5W
    25. Food Poisoning 75 words
      26. c475W
    26. Medicinal Drugs (Third World) 74 words
      27. cc475-6W
    27. Funding (Market Forces Factor) 339 words
      28. c476W
    28. Anti-anthrax Vaccination 108 words
      29. c476W
    29. Oakleaf Rehabilitation Centre, Guildford 42 words
      30. cc476-7W
    30. GP Fundholding 83 words
      31. c477W
    31. Anti-depressants 76 words
      32. c477W
    32. Funding (Private Health Care Investment) 114 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
      21. cc477-9W
    1. Pensioners 1,152 words
      2. cc479-80W
    2. Gulf War Victims (Compensation) 81 words
      3. c480W
    3. Private Finance Initiatives 131 words
      4. cc480-4W
    4. Basic Pension Plus 1,629 words
      5. c484W
    5. Compensation Recovery Unit 116 words
      6. c484W
    6. Benefit Reliance (Evaluation) 107 words
      7. c484W
    7. Private Pension Schemes 64 words
      8. c484W
    8. Pensioner Numbers 66 words
      9. cc484-5W
    9. All Work Test (Appeals) 111 words
      10. cc485-6W
    10. Social Fund Funeral Payments 268 words

Lords Sitting of 17 March 1997 Series 5 Vol. 579

    c643
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. cc643-5
  2. Bicycles: Lighting Regulations 1,231 words
    3. cc645-8
  3. London Underground: Privatisation Advisers 1,254 words
    4. cc648-50
  4. Radioactive Waste 1,046 words
    5. cc651-3
  5. Healthcare Rights for Older People 1,283 words
    6. cc653-4
  6. Dissolution of Parliament 275 words
    7. c654
  7. Police (Property) Bill 65 words
    8. c654
  8. Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Bill 65 words
    9. c654
  9. Knives Bill 6 words
    10. cc654-714
  10. Education Bill 31,358 words, 3 divisions
    11. cc714-6
  11. Protection from Harassment Bill 1,371 words
    12. cc716-21
  12. Welsh Development Agency Bill 2,616 words
    13. cc722-4
  13. Business of the House 1,434 words
    14. cc724-56
  14. Education Bill 16,196 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 March 1997 Series 5 Vol. 579

    c47WA
  1. Gibraltar: Right of Self-determination 105 words
    c47WA
  2. Northern Ireland: Social Deprivation and Low Achievement 107 words
    cc47-8WA
  3. VAT Harmonisation: UK Position 426 words
    c49WA
  4. Mr. Alaathin Cakici 80 words
    c49WA
  5. Mr. Nurettin Guven 176 words
    c49WA
  6. Mental Health Policy 70 words
    c50WA
  7. Council for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine: Chairman 47 words
    cc50-1WA
  8. Home Composting 473 words
    cc51-2WA
  9. House of Lords Late Sittings 411 words